Reserve
[rɪ'zɜːv] or [rɪ'zɝv]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
(noun.) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.
(noun.) (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions.
(verb.) obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; 'We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's'.
(verb.) hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; 'they held back their applause in anticipation'.
(verb.) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; 'reserve me a seat on a flight'; 'The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family'; 'please hold a table at Maxim's'.
Editor: Meredith--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
(v. t.) Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain.
(v. t.) To make an exception of; to except.
(n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.
(n.) That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
(n.) That which is excepted; exception.
(n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
(n.) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
(n.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
(n.) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.
Typist: Rowland
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Keep, hold, retain, husband, set by, lay by, lay up, store up.
n. [1]. Reservation, something reserved.[2]. Constraint, restraint, backwardness, cautious behavior.[3]. Shyness, coyness, bashfulness, taciturnity, modesty, demureness, reservedness.
Typist: Pierce
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Reservation, retention, limitation, withholding, appropriation, coyness,shyness, backwardness, secretiveness, taciturnity, modesty, restraint,constraint
ANT:Abandonment, nonreservation, surrender, absoluteness, openness, frankness,forwardness, pertness, unrestraint, undisguise, transparency,shamelessness_indiscretion
Editor: Peter
Definition
v.t. to keep back: to keep for future or other use: to retain except: to keep safe.—n. that which is reserved: that which is kept for future use: a part of an army or a fleet reserved to assist those engaged in action: that which is kept back in the mind: mental concealment: absence of freedom in words or action: caution: that part of capital which is retained to meet average liabilities.—n. Reservā′tion the act of reserving or keeping back: the withholding from a statement of a word or clause necessary to convey its real meaning: something withheld: safe keeping: a clause proviso or limitation by which something is reserved: (U.S.) a tract of public land reserved for some special purpose as for Indians schools &c.: the practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the eucharist for the communion of the sick: the act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.—adj. Reserv′ative.—n. Reserv′atory.—n.pl. Reserves′ the reserve forces of a country the men composing such.—n. Reser′vist a soldier who belongs to the reserves.—Mental reservation the act of reserving or holding back some word or clause which is necessary to convey fully the meaning really intended by the speaker—distinct from equivocation (L. equivocatio or amphibolia).—Without reserve a phrase implying that a property will be sold absolutely neither the vendor nor any one acting for him bidding it in.
Inputed by Leslie
Examples
- Firstly, because I say so; and secondly, because discretion and reserve are a girl's best wisdom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- On the extreme right, however, his reserve brigade carried the enemy's works twice, and was twice driven therefrom by infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hancock's corps pushed toward Totopotomoy Creek; Warren's corps to the left on the Shady Grove Church Road, while Burnside was held in reserve. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But if, instead of being the personification of reserve and discretion, she were something quite opposite, I should not fear her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was a complete SANG FROID and indifference under Winifred's childish reserve, a certain irresponsible callousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The first State Forest Commission was organized by New York in 1885 and has now a very large forest reserve set aside in the Adirondacks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mott followed Birney, and Gibbon was held in reserve. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The attack was made, the Mexican reserves behind the works beat a hasty retreat, and those occupying them surrendered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There were latent reserves of youth still left in Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The little sum is nearly made up; and I have the means of completing it, if my last reserves of life fail me sooner than I expect. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A battalion was thrown to the rear, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Childs, of the artillery, as reserves. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Ames, who had gone north in his advance, captured 228 of the reserves. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pennsylvania has also large forest reserves in its mountain districts, and many other states have taken similar action. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Upton, 121st New York Volunteers; Colonel William McCandless, 2d Pennsylvania Reserves, to be Brigadier-Generals. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A brilliant liter ary man of the present day considers that places in the first ranks of literature are reserved for the doctrinally heterodox. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- One cannot love a reserved person. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I didn't know,' remarked Mr Fledgeby, trying a new part of his chair, 'but that Lammle might be reserved about his affairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Do not you know she calls every one reserved who does not talk as fast, and admire what she admires as rapturously as herself? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- However, Lord Graham is rather reserved; _mais ne méprisez pas les personnes froides; elles ont leurs bons c?tés. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- If it is employed in procuring present enjoyment, it is a stock reserved for immediate consumption. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She was disgustingly, was suspiciously reserved. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mrs. Rouncewell confirms all this, not without personal pride, reserving only the one point of affability. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Building away with all his might, but reserving the plans of his castle exclusively for his own eye, Mr Dorrit posted away for Marseilles. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In my child's name, if not in my own, I make the admission in the fullest manner, at the same time reserving--ha--shall I say my personal dignity? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A dolly sort of beauty perhaps, says Miss Volumnia, reserving her own sort, but in its way, perfect; such bloom I never saw! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Tod